Checking-rack.



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.. No. 855,113. I

W. MANTEL'L.

CHECKING RACK. APPLICATION FILED FEB, 5,1906.

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WILLIAM MANTELL, OF BRGOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHECKING-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1907.

Application filed February 5, 1906. Serial No. 299,601

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MANTELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at residences, it is not desirable or isit practi cable to have a permanent checking rack on account of the space permanently required for the same, as well as the unsightly appearance oftheusual rack,vin places used the greater part of the time for other purposes.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a checking rack used for checking wearing apparel, whereby the rack is adapted to be expanded into an open position for use or collapsed into a closed compact position for carrying, packing or storage purposes. .7 I

A further object of my invention is to form a large checking rack out of a multiple of smaller collapsible checking racks, thereby providing a checking rack (of collapsible units) .the size of which is limited only by the size of the room in which it is used, or the space allowed forthe use of the same.

My invention consists in "the peculiar and novel construction of a checking rack for wearing apparel formed of one or more collapsible units having details of construction,

. as will be more fully set 'forthhereinafter.

Figure 1 is a vertical side view of. my improved collapsible checking rack with the rack in the open position. Fig. 2 is a vertical front view showing the rack in the open or expanded position. Fig. 3 is a front view showing therack in the closed or collapsed position for carrying, packing or storage purposes, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of part of the rack with the rack in the open position and showing the construction of the same.

My improved collapsible checking rack is formed of one of more units each unit being constructed preferably of wood to have the two outside vertical supports a a, a central vertical support I) and a series of intermediate horizontal shelvesv c c pivotally secured to I the outside and central supports by the hinges d d in a position to form a multiple of checking compartments 6 e which may be numbered or lettered as desired. The outside supports a a are formed of the longitudinal strips 0, a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,'the central support I; of the longitudinal strips 1) b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the shelves'c c of the side strips 0 a connected together by the front strip 0 the back strip a and the intermediate strip 0, as shown in Fig. 4, thus constructing the rack as light as possible consistent with strength. The hinges d d are secured to the inside of the stri s a a of the outside supports a a and to t e top ,of' the outer side strips 0 c of the shelves 0 c and to the strips 1) b of the central support I) and to the under side of the inner side strips 0 c of the shelves o 0, as shown in'Figs. 2 and 4. By this peculiar and novel manner of pivotally securing the shelves 0 c to'the outside and central supportsc a and b, the rack is easily expanded into an open position for use by pulling outwardly on the outside supports a a, (it is prevented from collapsing when placed on end in the position as shown in Fig. 2) or collapsed into the closed position, as shown in Fig. 3, for carrying, packing or storage purposes by forcing the outside supports a a inwardly toward the central support I), the shelves now assuming a parallel intermediate. position between the supports.

For the purpose of illustrating the construc- I I tion of my improved collapsible checking rack, only one of the units is shown in the drawings. units constructed as shown may beiused to form a large checking rack, the sizeof which is limited only to the space allowed for the same, and the shelves 0 a may be pivotally 9 7 It is evident that a plurality of secured to the supports as shown by any well I known means, without materially afiecting the spirit of my invention. I r

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent Ina rack for checking wearing apparel, the combination of outside vertical supports a a composed of the strips a a a central vertical support I) composed of the strips b b, aseries of intermediate shelves 0 c composed of the side strips 0 a connected together by the front strip c the back strip 0 and the in termediate strip a, and the hinges d (1 secured to the supports a a, to the top of the shelves 0 c, to the support b, and to the botname to this specification in the presence of tom of the shelves 0 0, whereby the rack may two subscribing witnesses. be eX anded into an open osition forming 7 I n the cllbcking compartments e e or collapsed ILLIAM MAN 5 into a compact closed position for carrying, Witnesses:

packing or storage purposes. J. CI-IADWIoK, In testimony whereof I have signed my I C. M. BURTIS. 

